AEP scouts for more wind capacity after Wind Catcher failure

Major US utility holding company American Electric Power (AEP) remains in the hunt for more wind power capacity but in lesser increments, undeterred by the spectacular July collapse of its ambitious 2GW, four-state $4.5bn Wind Catcher Energy Connection project,

Chief executive Nick Atkins told analysts on a conference call that one lesson learned from Wind Catcher being “so intensive” was to go smaller with development of wind farms and related transmission in AEP’s 11-state service territory.